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no nuance version of a fandom take i hav bc i honestly don't hav the energy 2 explain this in depth rn but if u think Jax is an inherently bad person just bc he's being an asshole in a video game but that gangle who has real person anime figurines of her friends who don't know that she has those is an inherently good person bc she's a shy uwu bean then u actually need 2 shut up, Jax is a guy who very clearly displays multiple ASPD symptoms and is dealing with his chronic boredom by being violent 2 npcs in a video game and also just kinda passively a bit of an asshole verbally Gangle social anxiety-ed her way into being an actual stalker they are not the same
anyway as some1 who has ASPD it rly fucks me up how the fandom has reacted 2 Jax, like when it was the pilot y'all were more than happy 2 fetishise his ASPD symptoms but then as soon as his symptoms r showing slightly more when again, i cannot stress this enough, HE IS LITERALLY IN A VR GAME IN EPISODE 2! then y'all r like "omg he's terrible, what an inherently horrible person, he literally is the worst person here" actually shut up, i hate this fandom so much
Please stop simplifying Shannon’s shitty behavior to “she made mistakes” ohmygod.
Ableism is not a “mistake”. A biological mother returning after two years, speaking negatively about her child’s condition and how hard it was for her is not a mistake. That’s selfishness.
Able-bodied people stop talking challenge.
People who’ve never had ableist parents stop talking challenge.
I also noticed that double standarts exists too?? When It's another character displaying autistic symptoms, they're 'just silly' 'just a guy!' but when it's Ink, he's suddently the worst?? Lmaoooo why does this keep happening
There was a person who had (or has, i don't follow them anymore) who headcanon Cross as autistic, which is a very rare headcanon and a neat one! headcanons are cool!! but for some reason they also portaryed Ink in a bad light for having the same symptoms?? The Double standarts????
EXACTLY HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!! YOU GET IT ITS DISGUSTING AND AWFUL. you either respect all autistics for their symptoms or you respect none of them. fuckkkkk me this is such a shit fandom sometimes
people like autism until it has any symptom or trait, any at all, that can be perceived as negative and not a quirk or silly or whatever the fuck. a meltdown, a genuine fucking meltdown would get so much hate, but cute stimming gets infantilization and silly-ization or whatever. autism isn’t silly cute it’s a disability and it’s not going to be easily digestible as a cute thing for neurotypicals all the time. god dammit
ink shows neurodivergency in a good way because he’s a bit of a dick unintentionally, and he’s a flawed character and a normal person. god DAMMIT. ink is a bit mean to people at times without meaning to, he’s sporadic and can forget important things even if it hurts others because he doesn’t mean to, he struggles with empathy and connection with others and his morals are grey but they make sense given how he views the world. but people don’t like that.
people like autism when it’s fun. when it’s digestible and easy. when the autistic person is a bit dumb and easily excitable about certain things and maybe picky about food and misses cues. they do not care about the struggles, or anything that isn’t cutesy enough for them. and this fandom shows where they stand very fucking well when it comes to how they treat ink.
anyway i love autistic ink, i love autistic cross, i love autistic error, I love autistic papyrus and classic and swap and stretch (or whatever we call him now), I love autistic dream and autistic nightmare, I love autistic dust and horror and killer, I love autistic sci and geno and fell and everyone. i fucking love autistic characters when theyre treated like normal fucking human beings!!!!